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... amusements and habits , which tend to prevent an increase of religion , and lead to immorality , and I shall exhort you to the use of those means which under God's blessing might lead to a revival of religious feeling amongst us ...
... amusements and habits , which tend to prevent an increase of religion , and lead to immorality , and I shall exhort you to the use of those means which under God's blessing might lead to a revival of religious feeling amongst us ...
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... amusements , you will remember that God has said , " come ye out from amongst them and be ye separate , and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will be a father unto you , and ye shall be my sons and daughters , " Your chief happiness ...
... amusements , you will remember that God has said , " come ye out from amongst them and be ye separate , and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will be a father unto you , and ye shall be my sons and daughters , " Your chief happiness ...
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... amusements of the age , such as revels , fairs , and public or barn dances , I caution you most strongly against them , -I caution you against following the multitude who do evil . Remember that whilst the multitude seek their own ...
... amusements of the age , such as revels , fairs , and public or barn dances , I caution you most strongly against them , -I caution you against following the multitude who do evil . Remember that whilst the multitude seek their own ...
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... amusements ; I would have you refresh yourselves from the ever flowing , pure waters of life . Many a person now advanced in life , may date his first born day of drunken misery , from the hour when he attended a pleasure fair or revel ...
... amusements ; I would have you refresh yourselves from the ever flowing , pure waters of life . Many a person now advanced in life , may date his first born day of drunken misery , from the hour when he attended a pleasure fair or revel ...
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... amusements ; remembering the divine precept , " let your conversation be seasoned with salt . " I have now addressed all classes of my flock but one , to whom in conclusion I would offer a few remarks . I mean those who by their outward ...
... amusements ; remembering the divine precept , " let your conversation be seasoned with salt . " I have now addressed all classes of my flock but one , to whom in conclusion I would offer a few remarks . I mean those who by their outward ...
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Page 5 - This is that which the Lord hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord ; bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 6 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days : abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 1 - Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Page 6 - Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Page 1 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 13 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 21 - And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 22 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 28 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Page 10 - And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.